Global Hawk seen as key in defeating Iraqi air defenses

BALTIMORE, Md. - The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) provided more than half of the time-critical target data used to defeat Iraqi anti-aircraft systems during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), according to Maj. Gen. Joseph Stein, director of aerospace operations at Air Combat Command...

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